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+1, thanks. But, I believe I am fairly good at refactoring OO code with more OO code. What I don't know is how to test procedural code, and refactor procedural code with less coupled procedural code.

vgru
– vgru

2011-08-25 08:19:57 +00:00
Commented Aug 25, 2011 at 8:19
@Groo, the book is not about refactoring per se. It is about how to transform a bunch of spaghetti code without any unit tests into a bunch of (somewhat less spaghetti) code well covered with unit tests. Such code is hard to test, so you need to refactor first in order to make it testable; however, as you too mentioned, refactoring without unit tests is risky, so it is a catch 22 situation. The book guides you how to make the smallest, safest changes to the code which enable you to cover it with unit tests, thus subsequently start refactoring it in earnest.

Péter Török
– Péter Török

2011-08-25 08:27:42 +00:00
Commented Aug 25, 2011 at 8:27
That book is a good suggestion and it covers C along with OO languages.

ThomasW
– ThomasW

2012-01-11 00:02:47 +00:00
Commented Jan 11, 2012 at 0:02

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